[RandyBass]

Quote: Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz

I think this is an over-simplification. Why are sport franchises dwindling? Let's look at each case. 1. Some titles just aren't very good. In the face of the competition, where a market is pretty saturated, only the top 2 titles can really survive any particular sport, save soccer. That market is gigantic. Football can support 2 evenly matched competitive products. 2. Exclusive licenses. This factor more so than the other is the main reason you see only 1 title in most sport genre. 3. Rising cost of making games. Plus the fact that the leagues are trying to get bigger cuts. This makes it near impossible for upstart teams to make a game. 4. Small market. As popular as baseball and hockey are, the size of the video game market for those sports just don't support more than 1 title. The second title won't make enough money. This is what happened to NHL 2K. NASCAR - for as popular as it was, wasn't making enough money for EA to continue. What do you think is happening to golf? Tennis is every other year at best! Not many of those fans play video games.

Huh? Was that supposed to be a response to me?

All I did was point out that at a time when the industry should be riding high, it churns out a game that by most accounts is barely playable.

Considering I made no real claims as to the reasoning behind this, how then can it be an oversimplification?